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Written by Lisa Neff, WiG Staff Writer
Nov 18, 2009
“Female Force” — comic book superstars Sarah Palin, Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton and Caroline Kennedy.
Sarah Palin stars in the “Female Force” comic book.
Oh, you betcha, “Female Force” is a fun read.
From Bluewater Comics, the newest issue in the “Female Force” series collects the life stories of Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, Michelle Obama and Caroline Kennedy.
A Fox News critic would look at the all-American cover of the four women and see a left-wing conspiracy of sorts: Three Democrats, one Republican, what gives? Three liberals, one conservative, so where is Condoleezza Rice?
But this issue of “Female Force” focuses on four women in politics who are shaping the future; Rice helped trash the past.
“Each of these women has a powerful life story to share,” says Bluewater president Darren Davis. “And each has made a significant contribution to the political and cultural landscape.”
The comic book — written by Neal Bailey and illustrated by Vinnie Tartamella, Ryan Howe, Joshua LaBello, Mike Adams, Michelle Davies, Kirsty Swan, Malachi Sharlow, Wilson Ramos and Jaymes Reed — does not cast Clinton, Obama, Palin and Kennedy as superheroes in an all-female Justice League, but it does have super fun with their life stories and the 2008 presidential campaign.
For chuckles, there’s the comic book John McCain singing “Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran” before a befuddled crowd; there’s Palin, holding a knife bloodied from carving a moose, saying, “Doggone it! Why won’t the press leave me alone? Is this a good angle?” and there’s Clinton trying to hoist the “fabled glass ceiling.”
For education, readers get flashbacks of the women’s lives — mostly flashbacks to events of professional and political significance. But there are also moments and activities from their earlier years — Clinton’s days in the Brownies, Palin’s days on the Wasilla High School basketball team, Obama’s days practicing piano and Kennedy’s days as a young reporter (Did you know she wrote about the death of Elvis Presley for Rolling Stone?).
Bailey, writing at the end of the Kennedy bio, explains his effort: “It’s my hope and aim that these biographies, with a little touch of humor, have made you take a closer look at people you’ve never met or maybe judged from afar.… Knowledge will protect you. Dig deep. Even if you’re a 40-year-old dude in his basement reading this for kicks.”
The comic itself doesn’t dig deep, but it might inspire a reader to pick up a heftier bio or autobiography.
And as for kicks, there are plenty.
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